Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raleighan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: raleighan
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A native or inhabitant of Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States.

noun

A follower, imitator or scholar of Walter Raleigh.

Example Sentences

"Subsequently, Jonathan Daniels, Truman's secretary and Yergan's fellow Raleighan, told a White House staffer that he knew the NNC president well, ..."
"In the morning, like other wide-eyed Raleighans I crept out of my door and surveyed the devastation [of Hurricane Fran]. No street was passable; trees crossed every road, ..."
"It's a long story, plausibly true, and beloved by Raleighans. After the Revolution, legislators of the new state needed to plant their capital somewhere ..."
"[…] Baconians proper, Raleighans, Stanleyites, Rutlanders, Marlowites, etc., have made it a strong argument against the Stratfordean's claim to […]"
"... the letter is replete with Raleighan echoes notwithstanding such rhetoric as "Woe, woe, woe.... Oh God.... Oh, what will my poor servants think.""

Etymology

From Raleigh + -an.

Inflected Forms

Raleighans (plural)

Questions

What does raleighan mean?: A native or inhabitant of Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States.
Where does raleighan come from?: From Raleigh + -an.

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